PIANC News

In recognition of the impressive work by our members, five major PIANC awards were presented at the APAC2020 Conference dinner on December 3.

Images from the APAC2020 Conference – presenters, participants, networking, field trips and award winners. If you want to share your Conference pics here, please send to support@pianc.org.au

230 people attended PIANC’s inaugural Asia Pacific conference “Port, harbour and recreational boating for today and tomorrow” held in Fremantle Dec 1-4 – of whom 120 were online attendees from eleven countries.

PIANC ANZ APAC2020 kicked off on 1 Dec with the pre-Conference symposium on “Nature Based Solutions for Coasts, Ports and Estuaries”.

YPCom changes – congratulations to ANZ YPs! Welcome to our new PIANC ANZ YPCom Chair, Claire Treeby. Claire grew up in the port city of Albany, Western Australia, and is

At the recent PIANC ANZ AGM we welcomed two new members to our Board, Laurence Benn and Jackie Spiteri. Laurence is Principal Engineer – Critical Projects for OMC, a maritime

PIANC ANZ is very proud to announce that our own Benjamin Popovich is the worthy recipient of the 2020 De Paepe – Willems Award, for his paper on “Tsunami Resilience

PIANC HQ is calling for nominations from Member National Sections to participate in the following three new Maritime Navigation Commission (MarCom)Working Groups. InCom/MarCom WG231 Mooring Bollards & Hooks: Selection, maintenance

The PIANC ANZ Mentoring Program aims to provide members with an opportunity of giving back to their coastal and maritime industry colleagues through sharing professional experiences and life lessons, as

PIANC ANZ YP Chair – Applications open! The PIANC Young Professionals Commission (YPCom) is dedicated to the career development of YP members (40 years of age and younger) by providing

The video is now available for PIANC WA Chapter’s free online seminar on climate change adaptation for ports and maritime infrastructure and operations. Presented by PIANC’s Ron Cox, on 22 April

Congratulations to PIANC ANZ members Gildas Colleter and Greg Fisk on their appointment as climate champions for Technical Commissions MarCom (Maritime Navigation Commission) and RecCom (Recreational Navigation Commission) respectively. In

PIANC Working Group 218 which is looking at the implications of invasive alien species for waterborne transport infrastructure, held its official kick-off in Brussels 30-31 January 2020. This inaugural meeting

APAC2020 Conference will now be held 30 November – 4 December 2020. Due to the uncertainty regarding future public health controls associated with the COVID-19 virus, the Conference organisers have decided

Congratulations to PIANC A-NZ Board member and esteemed coastal engineer Greg Britton! At the 2019 NSW Coastal Conference Greg was awarded the Ruth Readford Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award

Special Call out for Abstract submissions to COPEDEC 2020 ! The 10th International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries COPEDEC 2020 is to be held in Manila

On behalf of PIANC Australia-New Zealand (A-NZ),  I would like to express my thanks to all our members and colleagues for your ongoing support in 2019. This has been a

Following eighteen years as Chair of PIANC A&NZ, Neil Lawson achieved something no other Australian or New Zealander has achieved in the history of PIANC –becoming a Vice President of

An exciting two day Pre-Conference Symposium Nature-based Solutions for Coasts, Ports, and Estuaries on 15 – 16 June 2020 has been planned for our inaugural Asia Pacific biennial conference APAC2020

The PIANC NSW end of year event hosted by PIANC at the ARUP Sydney office on November 13th was a positive event showcasing the range of work carried out by

PIANC EnviCom WG 175 – ‘A Practical Guide to Environmental Risk Management (ERM) for Navigation Infrastructure Projects’ has been released . Please click here to download the press release. PIANC

PIANC A&NZ Young Professionals Chip Pohlen and Will Ingle report: In 2017 Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) won the 35th America’s Cup, held in Bermuda, over defender Oracle Team USA.

Congratulations to Damon Howe! Established in 1988, the prestigious PIANC A&NZ Young Authors Award is traditionally presented at the biennial Coasts and Ports Conference for the best paper and presentation

PIANC is now calling for nominations from Member National Sections to participate in the following two new Environmental Commission Working Groups. EnviCom WG 226 – A Guide for Assessing and

Engineering project examples highlighted in the Engineering with Nature Atlas illustrated the diverse opportunities and growing community of organizations and practitioners that are contributing to Engineering With Nature (EWN) practice

PIANC A-NZ Environmental Commission (EnviCom) Lead and CEO of NSW Ports, Marika Calfas has recently returned from Lyon, where the 51st meeting of PIANC’s Environmental Commission was held – to

PIANC’s Hobart Seminar – Crisis Management and Natural Disaster Response Congratulations to the Organising Committee for a great PIANC Pre Coasts & Ports seminar! The purpose of the seminar was

PIANC welcomes our latest Corporate Member, Maritime Constructions. “As a marine infrastructure contractor, we will benefit greatly from understanding and contributing to the climate change adaptation strategies being discussed at

If you were to talk to any tourist visiting Australia, Sydney Harbour would be close to the top of their “to-visit list” in one form or another. This was the

The Biennial Technical Visit (BTV) is PIANC’s signature international event for Young Professionals (YPs). YP-Com Chair for PIANC Australia & New Zealand, Rodney Hancock was invited to attend this year’s